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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology, a pale-yellowish and generally somewhat translucent brown.

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Examples

  • After Sharon had brushed the wisps of hay and dust from her jeans, tucked her shirt neatly inside the waistband, and removed her hat to comb her honey-brown hair, there was infinite improvement.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • When I went to pick her up the next day, her waist-length honey-brown curls had been lopped off in a cute, chin-length bob.

    This Is The Way The World Ends, Not With A Bang, But A Haircut - Her Bad Mother 2010

  • After Sharon had brushed the wisps of hay and dust from her jeans, tucked her shirt neatly inside the waistband, and removed her hat to comb her honey-brown hair, there was infinite improvement.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • As she rounded the corner of the bar, one hand lifted a silky strand of her honey-brown hair and pushed it behind her ear, and she still didn't look.

    The Devil's Bedpost 2010

  • The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • These momma faces, lemon-yellow, plum-purple, honey-brown, have grimaced and twisted down a pyramid for years.

    Yvonne R. Davis: Big Momma Is In The (White) House 2009

  • He picks up his towel and wipes the sweat off his face, then rubs the towel over his honey-brown hair.

    Fade Lisa McMann 2009

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